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My brother recently had to change the rear wheel bearing hubs on the SVT I sold him. He went to order the parts and to his suprise they had them in stock.

We went to take the old ones off and I had every tool I had ready expecting a fight to get it off. Once we got the wheel, the caliper and rotor and the axle nut off I was going to put the puller on and my brother had a brilliant idea. Grab onto the hub and see if he could pull it off. He almost did but it got stuck half way. I tapped it back on and we both grabbed on and I said, "on three" we both pulled with all our might and there was the pulling your thumb out of a soda bottle sound and we both tumbled across the garage floor.

Everything went fine, the car rides nice and smooth and quiet now. I just thought the whole thing was kinda funny and that I should share.

He wants to change out the front rotors to either drilled or slotted to help improve braking in the rain and reuce fade. I took step one for him and got him a set of Mintex A/F for the front for x-mas. He says its better but not what he wants.

Let me know if any of you folks have done anything to help braking and how you like it.

well since I upgraded to SVT size front brakes when I need to replace them I am going to try Bendix pads and rotors, seems many have tried them recently and have been happy.

I have brembo drilled/slotted fronts and the improvement is very noticable. reduced fade, and stopping distance. they run cooler. very important to bed these rotors with new pads!! only downside, you can't get them turned if you warp them or get a vibration. this is why it's very important to bed them(heat cycle).I have never had a problem, I went through 2 sets of pads before needing to replace them.

I would highly recommend this. It is a worthy mod.